Oklahoma Overtime Pay Calculator

Oklahoma has no state overtime law separate from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; the state's own wage statutes address minimum wage and payday requirements but rely on the FLSA for overtime obligations. That means the standard rule applies: 1.5 times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, with no daily overtime and no state-specific multiplier.

Oklahoma's minimum wage matches the federal floor of $7.25 an hour, and Oklahoma law actually contains a provision preventing municipalities from setting their own local minimum wage or overtime ordinances, unlike states such as New Mexico. This keeps wage rules uniform statewide but also means workers in higher cost-of-living areas like Oklahoma City or Tulsa don't get a local minimum wage boost.

Oil and gas extraction, trucking, and agriculture are major Oklahoma industries with significant overtime exemptions or reduced protections, including the federal Motor Carrier Act exemption for many interstate drivers and the agricultural worker exemption that removes overtime requirements for most farm labor.

The Oklahoma Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Unit accepts complaints for unpaid wages, though for overtime specifically many claims are directed toward the federal DOL Wage and Hour Division since Oklahoma law doesn't independently regulate overtime. Claims generally follow the federal two-year statute of limitations, extended to three years for willful violations.

A significant trap in Oklahoma's oil and gas sector mirrors what's seen in other energy-producing states: workers paid day rates or 'straight time for all hours' arrangements are frequently misclassified as exempt, when in fact non-discretionary, closely supervised field work rarely meets the executive or administrative exemption tests. Federal enforcement actions and private lawsuits in Oklahoma's energy corridor have recovered significant back overtime for misclassified workers in recent years.

Because Oklahoma preempts local wage ordinances, workers can't rely on city-level minimum wage boosts the way workers in some other states can — the $7.25 floor and standard FLSA overtime rule apply uniformly whether you work in rural Oklahoma or downtown Tulsa.

Oklahoma's overtime rule is a direct reflection of federal law with essentially no state-level enhancement — no daily overtime, no higher minimum wage, and no local wage ordinance flexibility since the state bars cities from setting their own rates. This makes Oklahoma one of the more federally-dependent states for wage and hour protection.

Workers who believe they're owed overtime in Oklahoma should generally look to federal FLSA standards and remedies, including the possibility of liquidated (double) damages for willful violations, since Oklahoma's own statutory framework doesn't add extra layers of protection beyond what federal law already provides.